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Neither Greenland nor Denmark want this to happen, to be clear. And Greenland is not for sale. In fact, there's a growing movement in Greenland for independence. Here's one member of Greenland's parliament talking with CNN.
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As all of this drama has played out, Trump's son, Donald Jr., was on a trip to Greenland. He claimed it was a personal visit with no government business involved. But the president-elect revealed on social media later that his representatives were part of Don Jr. 's entourage. Let's turn now to Meta and its decision to eliminate the company's fact-checking program.
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These changes will affect billions of users on Facebook and Instagram. Here's Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking on Tuesday, explaining the move.
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Now, instead of traditional fact-checkers, the company will rely on community notes, similar to those found on X and Wikipedia. That involves users, not trained fact-checkers, adding context and fact-checks to posts, photos, and other content. Zuckerberg attributed the change in Meta's content moderation policies to the shift in the political environment.
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And observers have noted the system was never without its issues.
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Ben Goggin is a technology editor with NBC News.
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Users may also expect to see changes to the type of content they see on Meta platforms. The social media giant had previously attempted to limit political posts. That will no longer be the case.
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Recently, Dana White, the UFC president and Trump ally, also joined Meta's board. Zuckerberg is far from the only big tech CEO to make recent attempts at forging a warmer relationship with President-elect Trump. Leaders from companies like Apple, Meta, Amazon, and OpenAI have pledged a million dollars apiece for Trump's inaugural committee.
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Some from their personal checkbooks, others from company coffers.
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But first, President-elect Trump talked yesterday about expanding the United States in what seems like an implausible way, seizing control of the Panama Canal and Greenland. And he told reporters he hasn't ruled out using military force or economic coercion to do so.
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The United States says a genocide is taking place in Sudan and accuses the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group, of murdering children, including infants, quote, on an ethnic basis. The State Department also says the group has targeted women and girls with sexual violence since the start of the country's civil war that broke out in April of 2023.
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The conflict has led to a widespread famine and the world's biggest refugee crisis. More than 11 million people are displaced, according to the United Nations. Along with the State Department's announcement, the Treasury Department issued sanctions against RSF's leader and seven companies in the United Arab Emirates that are accused of supplying the RSF with money and weapons.
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NPR's West Africa correspondent Emmanuel Akunwotu has been reporting on the war for months. He explained the scale of the famine recently to NPR.
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Nathaniel Raymond is an executive director at Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab. He described to Akanwotu what this actually looked like in one camp called Zamzam, where famine was first declared.
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Watchdog organizations have said that tens of millions across the country are experiencing acute hunger. The death toll from the war is unknown, but U.S. officials have estimated that about 150,000 people have been killed. This declaration of genocide does not mean, however, that the U.S. is supporting the Sudanese military in the war. The U.N. also accuses their forces of committing war crimes.
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And some were quick to criticize the U.S. 's late response to the conflict. Cameron Hudson, a former American diplomat and Sudan expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said on social media, quote, This attempt to position the administration on the right side of history won't work. It's too late, and too many people have died for that to happen.
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Good morning. It's Wednesday, January 8th. I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shamit Debasu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, how your social media feeds might change soon. The U.S. declares a genocide in Sudan. And two unlikely TV sitcoms are teaming up.
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The US has only declared a genocide six times before since the end of the Cold War, including in Bosnia in 1993 and Rwanda in 1994. And this comes two decades after the US declared a genocide in Darfur in 2004 that left hundreds of thousands of people dead. Before we let you go, a few other stories being featured in the Apple News app.
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A raging fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles forced residents to abandon their cars on the road and flee toward the ocean as homes were destroyed and smoke engulfed the area.
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That's Marsha Horowitz, a resident of the area, speaking to KCAL News as she fled on foot with her dog. Fueled by what officials called a life-threatening and destructive windstorm, more than 1,200 acres had burned as of Tuesday afternoon.
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Dramatic video from the scene showed whipping winds as flames consumed palm trees, and bulldozers had to be brought in to clear out deserted vehicles to make way for fire trucks. Forecasts predicted dry and strong winds in the next few days, which could make the situation worse. This is a fast-moving story, and you can follow along on the Apple News app for the latest updates.
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Meanwhile, rescue efforts continue in Tibet, where a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit a remote area in the foothills of the Himalayas on the Chinese-Nepal border near Mount Everest. Chinese state media said Tuesday that more than 100 people are dead, with many more injured. Temperatures in the area were expected to fall into the low single digits as the rescue operation was underway.
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During his first term, you might remember that Trump also floated the idea of buying Greenland. That was strongly rejected by Denmark. Greenland is a former colony of Denmark and became a formal territory of the kingdom in the 1950s. So Greenland is subject to the Danish constitution, and any changes to its legal status would require a constitutional amendment.
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Back in the U.S., a special service was held for former President Jimmy Carter in the Capitol, where a number of political figures from both parties eulogized his service to the country. Ceremonies continue into tomorrow when a national day of mourning will be observed. That means that institutions like the post office and federal courts will be closed, along with the stock market.
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Carter's national funeral is scheduled for tomorrow at Washington National Cathedral. And finally, you might have a favorite TV crossover event you remember, like when Steve Urkel showed up on Full House. Well, ABC's Abbott Elementary and FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are about to take part in that tradition with the first part of a crossover event tonight.
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Both shows are set in Philly and are beloved comedies, but with very different vibes. It's Always Sunny features a group of degenerate friends largely set in a dive bar, and Abbott Elementary humorously portrays teachers working in an underfunded public school. Here's Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson talking to Jimmy Kimmel about how all of this came together.
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The plot of the episode will find the Always Sunny gang at Abbott Elementary to perform community service. The Always Sunny episode will tell the rest of the story sometime later this year. You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app. And if you're already listening to the news app right now, we have a narrated article coming up next from Rolling Stone.
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It pulls back the curtain on the beloved American game show Jeopardy!. It's evolved a lot since its debut in 1964, but kind of lost its way for a while after Alex Trebek's death. The show struggled to find a new host before eventually tapping former champion Ken Jennings. He told Rolling Stone about the show's recovery and what gives it its staying power.
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If you're listening in the podcast app, you can follow Apple News Plus Narrated to find that story. And I'll be back with the news tomorrow.
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So purchasing has never really been on the table.
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For Canadians, rising costs of living has been a major motivating factor. In fact, a recent poll from Ipsos found that 71% of Canadians said that was their top issue last year.
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For our American listeners, this story probably sounds familiar. In a 2024 election exit poll, nearly 7 in 10 voters said the U.S. economy was either not so good or poor. About 3 in 4 voters said that inflation had caused their family hardship, and they took that unhappiness out on the party in power.
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Now Canada is facing similar upheaval, and it comes as the nation is trying to figure out how to work with the incoming Trump administration. The relationship between our country and Canada is vital for both nations. We are each other's biggest trading partners and neighbors.
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But in recent months, Trump has lobbed insults at Canada, referring to it as our 51st state and suggesting that it should merge with the U.S. Now, that trolling aside, he's also promised to impose significant tariffs on all imports from Canada on day one. In fact, a major turning point for confidence in Trudeau's leadership came just before the holidays.
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A longtime ally, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, stepped down. She was set to lead Canada's response to the tariffs proposed by President-elect Trump. And she and Trudeau had disagreements about how to best respond to that threat.
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Trudeau will remain prime minister until his party selects a new leader. But their eventual pick will face Pierre Poliev, who's expected to win the next general election by a wide margin.
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Now to the U.S., where President Biden is making last-minute moves in the final days of his presidency. He recently signed a bill to expand Social Security benefits for millions of current and former public sector workers. And he's taken several steps to shore up his environmental legacy before President-elect Trump takes office.
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Today, Biden will dedicate two new national monuments in California to protect land that belongs to tribal nations. And yesterday, he announced a permanent ban on oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of federal waters. That includes part of the eastern seaboard, the Pacific coast, and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Trump quickly responded to the move on Monday, pledging to reverse Biden's order immediately.
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But reversing the ban will be easier said than done, as White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell told NBC.
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That's because Biden relied on a law from 1953 to take this action. It's called the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and it allows presidents to withdraw federal waters from future oil and gas leasing. Trump himself had used the law in his first term to protect the coasts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Here's O'Donnell again.
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At least one Republican senator said that Congress would try to reverse Biden's move in this next term. But it's unclear if they'll be able to do it. During Biden's term, domestic oil production reached an all-time high. But the White House says their administration has conserved more land and water than any other.
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Yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation, stepping down as the leader of the Liberal Party after nearly a decade in power.
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Let's turn now to reporting from ProPublica on the homelessness crisis in America, which has reached record levels. According to the latest estimate from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, close to 800,000 people did not have housing in 2023. That number is nearly 20% more than the year before.
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At the same time, the Supreme Court recently allowed cities to take punitive action against people who don't have housing. For example, we've seen a number of local governments order sweeps of housing encampments, meaning that officials can take everything from tents and sleeping bags to people's journals, their pictures, and mementos.
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ProPublica spent the last year following some of these stories. Reporter Nicole Santa Cruz told us about a woman named Stephanie. She was living in Portland, Oregon, and lost everything in one of these sweeps.
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Stephanie begged city officials to at least return one item, her purse, which held her food stamps and cash. She was pregnant and needed the money to survive. Instead, they gave her a business card with a phone number to call to schedule a pickup. Some cities are supposed to store these items and make it simple for people to reclaim their possessions. But ProPublica found that rarely happens.
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In Portland, over the course of one year, only 4% of items were reclaimed. When Stephanie tried to call the number on that business card, no one answered at first. And when she eventually managed to reach someone and find the transportation to get to the warehouse where her belongings were stored, almost everything was gone, including her purse.
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ProPublica spoke to nearly 100 other people with similar stories. Only one managed to get all of their belongings back. And they all told Santa Cruz that losing everything is devastating.
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Good morning. It's Tuesday, January 7th. I'm Gideon Resnick, in for Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, Biden tests the limits of presidential power on a key issue. What happens after cities clear homelessness encampments? And more dangerous weather ahead for millions of Americans. But first, to the political crisis gripping America's neighbor to the north.
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Experts on homelessness told her that there is a more compassionate way to approach this issue.
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Before we let you go, a few other stories being featured in the Apple News app. Dangerous weather continues to impact a big swath of the country. Several people are dead and dozens more injured as heavy snow blanketed areas from Ohio to Washington, D.C. Thousands of cars were abandoned from Kansas to Virginia.
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Flights were delayed or canceled, and many in the storm's wake were without power on Monday. Forecasters say the snow will taper off, but colder temperatures are set to move in, which could cause further travel disruptions, school closures, and power outages. In legal news, the judge in President-elect Trump's hush money case denied a request to halt sentencing scheduled for this Friday.
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Trump was convicted on 34 counts for falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal in the run-up to the 2016 election. Trump's defense team argued that Judge Juan Merchan should halt the sentencing while he appeals an earlier ruling from Merchan that the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity does not apply to this case.
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And finally, the American rugby star Ilona Marr may have hung up her dancing shoes after this past season of Dancing with the Stars, but she's back on the rugby field. Marr made her overseas professional debut with England's Bristol Bears on Sunday, breaking an attendance record for the club. Demand was so high, in fact, that the team had to move to a bigger stadium to accommodate the crowd.
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Here she is talking to reporters after the match about her popularity and her hopes for the future of the sport.
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Trudeau entered office with a 63% approval rating, but today he has only around half of that support. He's faced mounting pressure in recent months to let someone new lead the party, which will face Canada's Conservative Party in a general election later this year.
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Now, despite a losing effort, the Bears reported a record 9,420 fans who showed up to see Maher's first match, more than double their previous record. You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app. And if you're already listening to the news app right now, we have a narrated article coming up next from New York Magazine.
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Recreational use of nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas or whippets, has boomed in popularity in recent years, with companies even selling candy-flavored versions over the counter through a legal loophole. And this trend has medical experts deeply concerned. If you're listening in the podcast app, you can follow Apple News Plus Narrated to find that story.
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And I'll be back with the news tomorrow.
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Vox reporter Ellen Ionis told us that Trudeau's downfall is yet another example of a trend that we've seen in elections worldwide over the last year.
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While scientists have not ruled out the notion that both genes and environmental factors can contribute to the development of autism, there is still no evidence it can be prevented. One longtime autism researcher told the New York Times, quote, autism is not an infectious disease, so there aren't preventive measures that we can take.
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It's also important to recognize that more people are aware of autism symptoms today than before, and our screening systems have vastly improved. Meaning more people may be seeking diagnoses than before, and we're better positioned to make diagnoses. In other words, the CDC says its findings don't necessarily mean that more people are autistic than before.
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Researchers also say that Kennedy declaring we'll have answers by September or any arbitrary date runs counter to how science works. Recently, many people who are skeptical of what mainstream scientists have to say about autism attended what's known as the Annual Autism Health Summit. The summit promotes treatments that are not proven to work, like water filters or fecal transplants.
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NBC News reporter Brandi Zadrosny told us about a pre-recorded video message from RFK Jr. that was played for attendees.
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Zadrozny says that RFK Jr. 's remarks were met with excitement and applause.
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But as the health publication Stat reports, the alleged connection between vaccines and autism has been thoroughly researched and debunked. Autism usually presents during childhood, which happens to be when routine immunizations are administered. Something that researchers say is a coincidental overlap, not a causal connection.
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But with Kennedy at the helm of health and human services, the anti-vax movement is now picking up renewed steam.
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The director of advocacy at the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network told NPR that while Kennedy Jr. makes comments like this, the administration is pursuing other policies and financial cuts that could impact autistic Americans on many fronts. Let's turn now to how a number of Democratic governors are responding and contending with the Trump administration.
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Governors have a different relationship with the presidency than members of Congress. Governors, like the president, hold an executive office. In fact, they have many of the same responsibilities as the president— signing legislation, appointing people to certain offices.
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Add the fact that different governors represent very different constituencies, and that some also have aspirations for running for president themselves, and you can understand why some Democratic governors have tried out different strategies with the Trump White House.
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Some are beginning to take a more confrontational approach, like in California, where Governor Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit yesterday against the administration over its tariff policy. The state has filed more than a dozen lawsuits against the administration in all, but this is the first time that Newsom has taken the lead role in a suit.
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He and the state's attorney general say that Trump is exceeding his authority by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to implement tariffs. And they argue Trump cannot unilaterally impose tariffs on U.S. imports without the consent of Congress.
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is making research into autism one of his major initiatives. But he's also making proclamations about the disorder that scientists who study autism say is in direct contradiction to the research.
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Newsom says the tariffs have already cost the state economy billions of dollars. Then there's Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat leading a state that Trump won. She said she understands Trump's motivation for tariffs and that she doesn't oppose them outright.
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But she's also criticized the administration's on-again, off-again approach to implementing tariffs and the uncertainty they've introduced to U.S. markets. And as Whitmer tells it, during a trip to the White House last week, she was thrust in front of the press corps for an impromptu photo op as Trump signed executive orders.
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And at one point, he once again falsely said that the 2020 election had been rigged. Photos showed Whitmer at times appearing visibly uncomfortable, and one particular New York Times photo of her shielding her face with blue folders got a lot of attention. She recently explained at the Detroit Economic Club what was going through her mind then.
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Whitmer's appearance attracted criticism from some Democrats who felt she was being too friendly with Trump. And at that same photo op, he praised her, telling reporters he thinks she's doing a, quote, excellent job. At least one Democratic governor has directly drawn the president's ire, though.
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That's Maine's Governor Janet Mills, whose state inclusion of transgender athletes Trump sees as a violation of his executive order banning transgender women and girls from women's sports. Trump called her out and even went so far as to threaten her during a bipartisan meeting of governors back in February.
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Good morning. It's Thursday, April 17th. I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shamit Tabassu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, how a group of Democratic governors are navigating Trump's second term, the legal hurdles facing a U.S. hostage freed from Russia, and why Paris is breathing easier these days. But first, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Since then, the administration has threatened to cut funding to Maine's public schools and lunch programs. And yesterday, the Trump administration sued the state, alleging that it's violating Title IX anti-discrimination law.
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Meanwhile, Mills has said the president does not have the authority, through an executive order, to change Maine's human rights law, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. And in a statement yesterday, Mills said she believes this dispute boils down to states' rights. Or as she put it, quote, defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing its will.
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Now to reporting from NPR that looks at the life of former Marine Paul Whelan and how government bureaucracy has disrupted his reintegration to American society. You might remember that he was released from Russia about a year ago in a prisoner exchange coordinated by the Biden administration.
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But now that Whelan's back home in Michigan, he told NPR he's struggling to get access to basic services he needs to reenter society.
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Scientists say genetic factors play a critical role in whether a child will develop autism, though they acknowledge that not every case can be explained by genetics alone. Kennedy says that the HHS will launch a new series of studies to look at whether autism can possibly be connected to things like mold, pesticides, as well as certain medications and even food. And he's promised to move quickly.
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Whelan's conviction in Russia, where he was accused of spying on what the U.S. has called bogus charges, is the reason he's experiencing so many problems at home now. He was detained for five years and seven months, beginning in December of 2018.
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And when he got back to the U.S., Whelan told NPR the laws that govern how unemployment benefits are awarded meant that he technically did not qualify because he hadn't recently worked in the state of Michigan. He couldn't renew his global entry card with Customs and Border Patrol either.
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To get an ID and a driver's license, a member of Congress had to intervene and reach out to Michigan's secretary of state. And Whelan told NPR that he's also faced major problems getting access to Medicaid.
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That shouldn't have been an issue. In 2020, Congress passed a law to guarantee U.S. hostages and their families receive medical care and assistance for five years after their release. But then Congress never appropriated funding for it. Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat, told NPR it's, quote, unacceptable that lawmakers haven't secured that funding yet.
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But Whelan tells NPR despite the lack of government support he's received since getting home, there have been some bright spots. His community has rallied around him. Car dealers have offered leased vehicles. Private practitioners have offered medical support. Still, he says what he's experienced since coming home has felt very isolating.
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And Whelan tells NPR one of his biggest goals as a free man is to help improve how the government supports former hostages deal with the aftermath of what is for many the darkest chapter of their life. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following.
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A federal district judge says there is probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating the court's orders. Judge James Boasberg last month barred the administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.
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Boasberg is the first judge to reach this point with the administration, one that has repeatedly tested how far it can go against judicial orders. As for the next step, Judge Boasberg has asked for sworn statements from those involved in the case, which ultimately could result in the prosecution of administration officials.
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In economic news, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the central bank's best move for now is to stand pat as it waits to see how the U.S. economy responds to President Trump's tariff policy. For now, the economy is in good shape, according to recent data.
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But CNN reports that economists say it's only a matter of time before Trump's moves push up inflation and unemployment and weaken economic growth, especially if delayed tariffs are put back into place. Powell characterized the tariffs as unprecedented in modern history. And finally, Parisians can take a breath of fresh air. Literally.
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Air pollution in the City of Lights is down 50% after cars were banned from more than 100 streets as part of the city's massive shift away from cars. The city also eliminated tens of thousands of parking spaces and added hundreds of miles of bike lanes.
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When Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014, she fought to speed up the city's push for more sustainable transportation, as Paris' air quality had exceeded EU health limits regularly. As a result of the city's efforts, commutes have changed drastically. The use of bike paths doubled during rush hour between 2022 and 2023, and on some roads, cars were even outnumbered by bicycles.
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You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app. And if you're already listening in the news app right now, we have a narrated article coming up next. The Wall Street Journal has the story of a secretive gambling ring that conned the Texas lottery and took home a jackpot of nearly $60 million.
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Kennedy made those comments at a press conference yesterday. That followed a new study released this week from the CDC, an agency that falls under HHS, that concluded that among 8-year-olds, 1 in 31 were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2022. In 2020, that figure was 1 in 36.